The founding father came up with some of the most-enduring business advice in Colonial America.

In 1731, book lover Franklin created the Library Company of Philadelphia, where this week visitors can see a collection of his papers worth an estimated $3 million to $4.5 million ...

On this day in history, June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin reportedly flew a kite during a thunderstorm, with the goal of collecting ambient electrical charge in a Leyden jar — a container that could ...

Origins: Benjamin Franklin is one of those figures who was so ubiquitous during the American Revolution and the early history of the U.S. that many people incorrectly assume he once served as a U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was on this day in 1789 that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin wrote what was probably his last great quote, a saying about the ...

“The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” appeared posthumously in 1791 and has “brought affliction to millions of boys since, whose fathers had read Franklin’s pernicious biography.” Or so said Mark ...